Checking Vegetation for Pellets
2019, Waterkeeper Ronnie Hamrick checking vegetation for pellets on east bank near Formosa outfall 06 at Cox Creek
Catching Pellets
2018,Waterkeepers David Sumpter and Ronnie Hamrick using nets to catch pellets floating in the water near Formosa stormwater outfall 06.
Nurdle Sample, Ronnie Hamrick, 2017
2017, Waterkeeper Ronnie Hamrick showing off two samples of nurdles/pellets and powder collected from Lavaca Bay.
Formosa Plastics, Point Comfort, Texas stormwater outfall 08 into Cox Creek
Formosa Plastics, Point Comfort, Texas stormwater outfall 08 into Cox Creek
Lavaca Bay Map
Map of Lavaca Bay
PELLETS, FORMOSA PLASTICS TEXAS OUTFALL 06 and 07
Illegally discharged pellets/nurdles at Cox Creek, between Formosa Plastic outfall 06 and 07.
Powder and pellets in ditches at Formosa Plastics Texas facility, May 2010
May 2010, powder and pellets in ditches at Formosa facility (EPA photo)
Powder in storm drain at Formosa Plastics Texas facility, 2010
May 2010, powder in storm drain at Formosa facility. EPA photo
Buyos, Formosa Plastics Outfall 001, Texas
Buoys marking Formosa Plastic outfall 001 in Lavaca Bay. Formosa Plastics, Point Comfort facility is in the background.
These are the location points in Calhoun County, Texas that the San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeepers routinely sampled for illegally discharged plastic pollution from Formosa Plastics, Point Comf